Patrick Kartes

Patent Attorney, Co-head of Intellectual Property, Partner @Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Charlotte, NC, US

Intellectual Property: Patent ProsecutionPartner: January 2018 - PresentOf Counsel: March 2016 - December 2017My practice focuses on client counseling, patent prosecution, freedom-to-operate investigations, and patent portfolio management. My background lends to a focus on mechanical engineering, but I have additional experience with electrical engineering and computer science.Representative Experience:• General intellectual property counseling and patent portfolio management for international corporations• Conducting patentability and freedom-to-operate investigations, including non-infringement and invalidity analysis resulting in opinions• Preparing and prosecuting U.S. and international patent applications within the mechanical, electrical, and computer science arts• Preparing intellectual property-related agreements, including license, non-disclosure, and common interest agreements• Conducting intellectual property due diligence• Handling inter partes review proceedings• Representative technologies: appliances, appliance control, marine electronics, radar, printers and printable wristbands, user interface technology, computer software, asset surveillance and management, child safety seats, window and door locks, dental equipment, oral appliances and welding equipment, among others

Wake Forest University School of Law

JD, Law

University of Washington

Bachelor of Science, Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering